Agriculture

Raymond L. Crouse farm machinery art on display in Fort Morgan

CACE Gallery exhibit opening

Seeding Our Future by R. L. Crouse. Artwork will be on display beginning Friday, June 7 at the CACE Gallery of Fine Art.
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Raymond L. Crouse learned as a young boy to paint what you see and know.

When most young artists are asked to "paint their environment," they turn to landscapes and still lifes. However, having been born and raised on Colorado's eastern plains, Crouse knew rural and farm life.

During his college years, he created a pencil drawing of a mechanic working on an old tractor in his parents' garage -- that day he discovered his lifelong subject matter.

Today Crouse's art has been published on many magazine covers including JD Journal, The Machine Shed, and Angus Journal. His is a subject painted by few --farm machinery, both old and new. Many are familiar with his work for Deere and Company, including the history book John Deere Tractors and Equipment, Volume 2: 1960 - 1990 and his work portraying farm equipment from the Green Heritage Line.

Crouse will exhibit a John Deere art collection of watercolors, sculptures, textiles and prints at Morgan Community College's Center for Arts and Community Enrichment (CACE) Gallery of Fine Art, 300 Main St.

This exhibit will portray the work of R. L. Crouse thru 2002. His work will include paintings, prints and products that Deere licensed to Danbury Mint, Wal-Mart and Deere's supplier Carey Francis. The show will open with a reception on Friday, June 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. and will be on display through July 26.

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The public is invited by Crouse to "Leave your ties at home, put on your bib overalls and come enjoy art you can relate to." The gallery is free and open to the public.

For more information about CACE, visit MorganCC.edu/CACE. Questions about the exhibit can be directed to Rachel Kellum at (970) 542-3203.